Covert action failure and fiasco construction: William Hague’s 2011 Libyan venture

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Covert action failure and fiasco construction: William Hague’s 2011 Libyan venture

In 2011 William Hague, then British Foreign Secretary, authorized a Special Forces team to enter Libya and attempt to contact rebels opposed to Muammar Gaddafi in the unfolding civil war. However, its members were detained by the rebels, questioned and ejected from the country. This article puts the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Cormac, Rory, Daddow, Oliver J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2017
Subjects:	British foreign policy; covert action; discourse; failure; fiasco; narrative analysis;
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39757/

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